Much bigger

xiao-aine (63)Free Writerin Freewriters • 2 years ago

Have you seen it? It is much bigger now than it was a few minutes ago. He stares into the mirror in pain. He is sure it wasn't there before.
"Where," she asks, squeezing her eyes together to see better. When Jacob sees something, in this case something much larger, she usually does not see it.
"So come closer," he says agitatedly, not taking his eyes off the mirror. He can't walk down the street like that. What will people say or worse think about him? Normally he always looks well-groomed and now this.
Carefully, he touches his right cheek with a finger. He did not imagine it, there was a huge lump.
"Where?" she asks again, looking at the spot where he impatiently taps his finger.
"Here, are you blind?"
She feels, even holds the torch of her mobile phone to see better.
"Hmmm, if you can tap it so fervently then at least it doesn't hurt. You just go to work and otherwise put this on!"
She fishes a face mask out of the cupboard and puts it on him.
"Cool, you're lucky that everyone is used to those things by now. Now get out."
She opens the door and looks at him impatiently. He hesitantly crosses the threshold and stands on the pavement. When she is angry, it is better to obey. With a bang, he hears the front door slam behind him, accompanied by a sigh of relief.